Radical Collections

Re-examining the roots of collections, practices and information professions

92 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Do archivists 'curate' history? And to what extent are our librarians the gatekeepers of knowledge?

Libraries and archives have a long and rich history of compiling 'radical collections'- from Klanwatch Project in the States to the R. D. Laing Archive in Glasgow, but a re-examination of the information professions and all aspects of managing those collections is long overdue. This new book shines a light on pressing topical issues within library and information services (LIS)- to encompass selection, appraisal and accession, through to organisation and classification, and including promotion and use. Will libraries survive as victims of neoliberal marketization? Do we have a responsibility to collect and document 'white hate' in the era of Trump? And how can a predominantly white (96.7%) LIS workforce effectively collect and tell POC histories?

• Reihe: University of London Press
• ISBN: 9781913002008
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.12.2018
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: University of London Press
• Herausgegeben von: Richard Espley, Jordan Landes